Mr. and Mrs. Larry Everette Thompson are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Kathryn Thompson to Mr. Steven Allen Aycox of Augusta. Mr. Aycox is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Craig B. Aycox of Dearing.

The wedding is planned for April 19, 2008, at The First United Methodist Church in Thomson.

Miss Thompson graduated from the University of Georgia with a bachelor of business administration from the Terry Business School. Miss Thompson is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Beazley Sisson and Mrs. Everette Horace Thompson and the late Mr. Everette Horace Thompson of Thomson.

Mr. Aycox served four years as a United States Marine with tours of combat action in Afghanistan. He graduated with honors from the Advance Technology Institute of Virginia Beach with a degree in heating and air technology and building automation. Mr. Aycox is the grandson of Mrs. John Wilson and the late Mr. John Wilson and Mrs. Thomas Aycox and the late Mr. Aycox of Dearing.